Steve R.
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Biden push for $10B electric mail delivery fleet flops with just 250 trucks built in two years
Taxpayers have forked over nearly $2 billion for the project via the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

The electrification of local delivery vehicles such as USPS mail trucks, UPS, and FedEx would something that everyone could get behind. Apparently, the attempt by Democrats to electrify the USPS mail truck fleet is flopping. Based on anecdotal unproven evidence, it appears to be suffering from the same (partisan) bureaucratic inefficiencies (money laundering?) suffered by the likes of USAID and the California's high speed rail fiasco. I suppose that since UPS and FedEx have not voluntarily moved towards vehicle electrification that there might be some economic reasons for that. I wonder if the DOGE team uncovered this USPS boondoggle? Hopefully, this program can be cleaned-up and completed.A Biden administration plan to create a “green” fleet of postal vehicles has churned out a mere 250 electric mail trucks in just over two years — after shelling out taxpayer funds meant to build thousands — leaving Republicans raging at the multibillion-dollar “boondoggle.”
PS: Seems that golf courses have successfully transitioned to electric golf carts.
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